Modified 1966 Volkswagen Beetle - POV Driving Impressions
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As a 40 year old who has lived in Mexico my whole life....yeah THAT sound brings back memories, and my gen is probably one of the last ones that can pretty much guaranteed to have driven one/in one at some point, either yours or a friend for whatever reason, and that model you're driving fixes the 2 main things I that always stressed me out about driving these, the character building brakes and the "yeah that's probably in gear" transmission, the vagueness of both elements always unnerved me. I feel like I did something as a car loving dad in that my 2 kids, who have never ridden in an air cooled VW both would LOVE to drive a classic VW bug, and they know full well I'd teach them to drive cars with "that lever you keep fiddling with".
Hi, Mr. Topher;
I actually learned how to drive, in an original VW Beatle, when I was 23, years old; before moving to
Paris, France.
All the very best,
Shaun🦉 of NYC🗽
What a gorgeous example. My mom drove a bug back the 1960s - it had a factory-issued folding canvas sunroof. As little kids my brother and I would take turns laying in the small deck behind the back seat, staring up through the back window. Though I have never owned one, there is a purity to the Beetle that I will always admire.
I would take this over a lot of the new cars.
In 1986 I had an opportunity to buy a '64 fully restored Bug for 2,500
Could kick myself for passing it up.
There's nothing like driving an old VW. The journey is more fun than the destination.
There was one Beetle in my area on sale and it looked so nice. Like it has custom wheels, beautiful red color and lowered. It looked nice, unfortunately someone had bought it and it’s no longer there. I wanted that car :(
Beautiful Well-Kept Old School Beetle!
Chris, What a missed opportunity, I expected the frunk to be full of watches. 😉
I love the noises this car makes. I've never owned an air-cooled VW, but this seems like a pretty nice one.
Man, that sound. Transports me to when I was 16, driving my yellow 1972 standard Beetle, with one rear fender a different shade than the rest of the car because I was too broke to have it painted by a pro.
Please we need to see you film your dad's FJ cruiser
I think they called this paint color: "Savanna Beige". Such a beautifully restored, cool, fun car, it brings back memories of my sisters 1970 Formula Vee bug that I used to take (and passed) my drivers test with.
I like the unplanned accidental beetle coverage between this and RCR
Your buddies commentary is great
Looks nice. My buddy had a Beetle with a gas fueled heater. Worked great on those cold winter days.
What a drive 🙏
If only it was bright yellow 🐝
That must’ve been a real treat!
I bought a 1970 beetle in 1979, and drove it 30K miles before it was killed in an accident. I replaced it with a 1974 super beetle and drove that 120K miles. One thing about driving it in the winter is that since the front is light you could brake or you could turn, but you could not brake hard and turn if the roads were snow covered. Also, the brakes really sucked and didn't have automatically adjusting brakes like most cars had at the time - you had to use a screwdriver and manually adjust the brakes at each wheel. One time visiting my sister in Ann Arbor I had to do that because the braking performance had gotten so bad on the trip there.
The car in the video is a 1966, which was the last year for that style of bumpers which is probably why that year is more collectable.
The old is always Gold.
That was the first car ive ever driven in 1999, i was 10 yo, my dad just told me "get the keys, i'll teach you how to drive the FUSCA (how its called in Brazil) today" and the rest is history...
On the same day Regular Cars posts a video about Herbie. Some automotive stars certainly have aligned…
My uncle had one of those. Great car!
New Topher video? My week is made!
It makes me think of lou reeds songs and roadtrips awesome ride
Great idea, great VW.
To me, this Beetle is just as cool as Topher's Type-R 🙂 (in a different way)
oh man I love the 911
My father had a few and a Bus, in fact my mom learned to drive in a 65' baby blue bug.
Love the video and Mr. DK a set of seats that I would love to get for my 69 Karmann Gaia and I think would fit nicely in your beetle would be the Ricardo expert seats
I wish automakers would bring back the quarterglass :(
The smaller window at the front of each door are called vent windows.
The crest on the steering wheel means it was manufactured in Wolfsburg Germany
Very cool video!
Request: 2001 Nissan Altima
Cutting up the old school Altima
Great Day. Herbie on RCR and another bug on this channel.
I’m not a beetle guy, but this one is sweet
A classic vehicle awesome
My Great Falls Green GTI and ND2 are always welcome for you to drive next time you're in the Bay Area. ❤
Reminds me a lot of Herbie from The Love Bug movies.
i have a 70 model, lots of fun though the gearbox is a bit cranky, it likes to crunch when going into 2nd gear most of the time
it appears the one in the video has a different gear ratio because mine gets really high around 40 mph in 3rd i usually shift to 4th near 45
Very nice, id like to get a 74 super beetle.
Yeah. The little extras were worth it
hell yea
review the mirage!
Guy has an absolute pristine beetle but doesn't know all the controls?
I thought this was a Tedward video when I clicked on it lol
1:28 Porsche, not Portia.
It's a german name that's how you pronounce it
is the engine stock? whats the horse power?
Never been this early
Try to find a white 1963 bug and you can say you are driving herbie
I'm glad he called out the rubber steering wheel cover at 25:00, that would drive me nuts. I do like the color, but there's something about the stance that looks off to me for a '66, perhaps it's the wheels.
The 66 model year had flatter hub caps. Not the rounded caps this car has.
My 66 Olds has lots of features but it doesn’t have hazard lights/emergency flashers.
good❤😅😊
Sure it's in neutral?..lol